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Short Works: Magic Spuds & Green Welts by Colin Walsh

Magic Spuds & Green Welts by Colin Walsh

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A School Sport's Day provides a father and son with an opportunity to prove their worth.

Mark so wants to win a medal at Sports Day. But is a magic potato really all it takes to bring home gold? Read by Liam O’Brien.

Mark is determined to win a medal at his school's Sports Day. Almost as much as his father Tony.

But is a magic potato really all it takes to bring home gold?

An original short story by Colin Walsh specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4.

Read by Liam O'Brien

Colin Walsh grew up in Galway. In 2017, he won the RTE Francis MacManus Short Story Award, was a prizewinner in the Bridport Short Story Prize and was shortlisted for the Bath Short Story Award and the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award. 

In 2018, he won the Doolin Writer’s Weekend Flash Fiction competition. His stories have been published in the journal.ie and various anthologies.

Producer: Michael Shannon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.

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